Backing for tiles.



r. ALoAN. BAGKING FOR TILES.

[APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1910.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

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To all `whom it may concern:

sTArEsrATENT ornrcn.

I FELIX ALCAN, oF (scmN'roN, PENNSYLVANIA.

' BACKING ron. TILES.

Be it known that I, YFELIX ALCAN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna'and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new andl useful Improvements ina Backing for Tiles; and I do declare the following .to be a full, clear, and exact description of .the invention, such as will enable others skllled 1n the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in backings vfor tiles.

One objectof the invention is to provide means whereby the tiles are secured together on their back or under sides so that the outer surfaces of the tiles and the design formed thereby may be seen by the tile setter.

Another object is to provide a backingof this character which will prevent the passage of the grouting between the tiles and which is particularly adapted for usein connection withA the improved form of tiles shown and described 1n my pending application for patent, Serial Number 531,987,

. filed December V8', 1909.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, .combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed outlin.

the-appendedclaims. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved tile backing; Fig. 2 is a sectional view through 'a lsection of tiling showing the application and manner of using my improved backing; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of the backing with the t-ilesT secured to the opposite side thereof.

My improved backing 1 is formed from al suitable fabric in which is arranged atregular intervals, a series of apertures or per- -forations 2, which may beofany` suitable sha e but which are here shown and are p're erably of circular form. 'The backing material 1 which I preferably employ consists of a specially prepared fabric, one or bot-h sides of which are glazed, and to one side of the fabric is secured the tiles, the lat- -ter being permanently held in place on the backing by insoluble glue. The tiles when thus secured to the backing have their outer or face surfaces uppermost, so that any designs represented by the tiles may be readily seen by the tile setter.

iow readily into. the tile sockets.

Specification of ietters Patent. Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

Application led January 10, 1910. Serial No. 537,303.

When using the backing in connection with the form of tile shown in the first three gures of the drawings of my pendingapplication hereinbefore referred to, the tiles 3 are arranged over the.y apertures or perforations 2 in the backing with the recessed portion of the under side of the tile over the apertures 2 in the backing, said apertures being somewhat larger than the recessesin the tiles to permit the cement to In the present instance, the tiles 3 are shown to be of rectangular shape instead of circular as shown in the application referred to. When the tiles have thus been arranged on and secured to the backingthe latter is placed upon the cement bed or grouting and upon the application of proper pressure to the tiles, the cement; will be forced u wardly through the apertures in the backing and into the recesses formed in the tiles, thereby securely locking the tiles and the backing in position throughl said vapertures while the intermediate strips between the several apertures serve to prevent the entrance of the cement into the spaces between the tiles.

It will thus be seen that in addition to the objects and advantages of my improved backing as hereinbefore set forth that said backing also prevents the passage of the cement grouting upwardly between the tiles. The advantage of securing the tiles in place without the necessity of using the common form of grouting between the same will be readily apparent as it is a well known fact that in setting tiles in the usual manner that the cement between the tiles causes the latter, especially when of the white or light colors, to ipresent a 'more or less dirty appearance om the dust occasioned by the wearing of the cement grouting between the tiles. If desired, sufficient space may be left between the tiles, so that in connection with color work, a suitable filling corresponding to the colors of the tiles may be placed between the same from the upper side thereof.

In arranging the tiles' on my improved backing, the latter may be formed in strips or pieces of much larger size than is possible in the usual arrangement of the tiles on paper wherein the latter is secured to the outer surfaces of the tiles, thus hiding the design which cannot be seen until after the to re uire the resetting of a great many of thetile In the use of my im roved backing, the same may be provide in sizes as large as can be handled and the tiles laid or set without dan er of misplacing and from which the backm is not removed, but remains permanently 1n place between the tiles and the grouting, except where the latter is lpressed u through the apertures` in the backing 'and` into the recesses in the tiles, whereby the latter are anchored in position. v p

From the :foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes'in the form, proportion and the minor details of'constructlon may be resorted to Iwithout departing from 'the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as dened in theappended claims.

What is claimed as new is 1. `I n combination with a plurality of tiles, each having a socket in its under face, of a backing sheet therefor, comprising a liexible water-proof fabric having apertures therein to register with the sockets in the tile, and with mperforate portions arran between the apertures to cover the joints etween the tile, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a plurality of tiles, each having a socket in its under faoe, of a backing sheet therefor comprising a water proof iiexible fabric having apertures larger than the sockets in the tile and with imperforate portions arranged to cover the joints between the tile. f

3. The combination with a plurality of tiles spaced from each other each having .a socket in its under side and a` binding medium for securing the-'same in position, of a backing sheet therefor,lsaid backing sheet having a plurality of apertures there in arranged to aline with the openings of the sockets to allow the entrance of the binding medium to the sockets in the tiles and intermediateV strips to prevent the entrance of said binding medium to the spaces be tween the tiles.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FELIX ALCAN. Witnesses: 1

VICTOR E. WENZEL, LUDWIG T. STIPP. 

